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Peripatus is called connecting link. Give reason.

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1. Peripatus has Annelidan characters such as jointed parapodia and nephridia.
2. It has characters of Arthropods such as haemocoel, head with compound eyes etc.
3. Thus it is said to be a connecting link between Phylum Annelida and Phylum Arthropoda.
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